{"product_id":"fluid-new-york-9780822354604","title":"Fluid New York","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFluid New York\u003c\/i\u003e offers reflections on how New York began to incorporate the city's archipelago ecology into plans for a livable and sustainable future in the decade between September 11 and Hurricane Sandy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Joseph addresses vital topics like city planning for ecological sustainability and how the city must meet the needs of a heterogeneous population. . . . Joseph expresses both affection and concern for her city, highlighting both its creative potential and provincial hubris it must outgrow.” - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I relished Joseph’s vivid accounts of New Yorkers’ communal campaigns against the wanton destruction of urban green spaces that had been a source of pleasure, solace and inspiration to citizens for many decades. She demonstrates that environmental challenges bring people together, no matter how disparate and apparently divided the population of a large city may seem to be. . . . [I]t speaks powerfully to a critical moment in urban ecology.” - Laurence Coupe,\u003ci\u003e Times Higher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A tour-de-force, \u003ci\u003eFluid New York\u003c\/i\u003e should be read and absorbed by anyone interested in how urbanism has recently developed along with ecology and how it continues to evolve within an ecological context.” - Jim Elledge, \u003ci\u003eThe Mom Egg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFluid New York\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written and conceived book. Based on rich ethnographic material, May Joseph develops a persuasive vision of New York as a city with an emerging culture of 'fluid urbanism.' Her compelling arguments offer a way to rethink space and performative cultures in cities such as Bangalore, Beijing, and Dar es Salaam, and to put New York in dialogue with those cities and their urbanisms. This is wonderful, vivid, and insightful work.\"—\u003cb\u003eSmriti Srinivas\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eLandscapes of Urban Memory \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIn the Presence of Sai Baba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This important book illuminates new ideas that took hold of the bodies and minds of New Yorkers in the decade after September 11. May Joseph's New York is characterized by the radical implosion and intensification of global difference. Her narrative consistently gives voice to people who have always been present in New York but not often heard from.\"—\u003cb\u003eBrian McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e, Research Chair in Urban Design, Parsons The New School for Design\u003cbr\u003e\"Gorgeously written and keenly observed, Joseph’s book evokes both the global and the local in her consideration of New York City’s evolving relationship to its waterfront. . . . This vast book and its singular story reveal the pleasures of cosmopolitan belonging, as well as the difficult measures that must be taken to preserve urban settings and citizens on a warming planet.\" -- Jennie Lightweis-Goff * Journal of American Culture *\u003cbr\u003e“Joseph addresses vital topics like city planning for ecological sustainability and how the city must meet the needs of a heterogeneous population. . . . Joseph expresses both affection and concern for her city, highlighting both its creative potential and provincial hubris it must outgrow.” * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e“I relished Joseph’s vivid accounts of New Yorkers’ communal campaigns against the wanton destruction of urban green spaces that had been a source of pleasure, solace and inspiration to citizens for many decades. She demonstrates that environmental challenges bring people together, no matter how disparate and apparently divided the population of a large city may seem to be. . . . [I]t speaks powerfully to a critical moment in urban ecology.\" -- Laurence Coupe * Times Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003e“A tour-de-force, \u003ci\u003eFluid New York\u003c\/i\u003e should be read and absorbed by anyone interested in how urbanism has recently developed along with ecology and how it continues to evolve within an ecological context.” -- Jim Elledge * Mom Egg Review *\u003cbr\u003e“Joseph’s work is highly creative and beautifully written. The book will be welcomed by scholars of urban studies especially those interested in cultural studies, citizenship studies and urban environmental history.” -- Anthony Levenda * Urban Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFluid New York\u003c\/i\u003e would be useful in any course about the history of New York City. For scholars interested in how the environment shapes and is shaped by urban life and culture, Joseph’s book deepens our understanding.” -- Sean Singer * American Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFluid New York\u003c\/i\u003e is an admirable study and I recommend it to readers who are interested in the green future of coastal cities.” -- William Kornblum * Contemporary Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations vii\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Preface xi\u003cbr\u003e Prologue 1\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 7\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Fluid Urbanism 19\u003cbr\u003e 1. Water Ecology, Island City 23\u003cbr\u003e 2. Transoceanic New York, City of Rivers 35\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Maritime Sky of Manhattan 55\u003cbr\u003e 4. Thinking Metropolitanism 70\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Cosmopolitan Frugality 93\u003cbr\u003e 5. Nomadic Urbanism and Frugality 95\u003cbr\u003e 6. Nyerere, the Dalai Lama, Gandhi: Cultures of Frugality 110\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Ecological Expressivity 131\u003cbr\u003e 7. Greening Hardscape 133\u003cbr\u003e 8. Marathon City, Biking Boroughs 151\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Maritime Mentalities 167\u003cbr\u003e 9. Brooklyn Carnival and the Sale of Dreamland 169\u003cbr\u003e 10. Spirits of Necropolis, Planes on the Hudson 179\u003cbr\u003e 11. Governors Island: Maritime Pasts, Ecological Futures 189\u003cbr\u003e 12. After Hurricane Sandy 204\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Toward a Praxis of Cosmopolitan Citizenship 211\u003cbr\u003e Notes 213\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 231\u003cbr\u003e Index 239","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359231639895,"sku":"9780822354604","price":104.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822354604.jpg?v=1754124055","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fluid-new-york-9780822354604","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}